Sash-balance



(No Model.) G. G. GARDNER.

SASH- BALANCE.

Patented Aug. 4, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. GARDNER, OF IIINS DALE, ILLINOIS.

SASH-BALANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,949, dated August4, 1891.

Application filed September 22, 1890- Serial No. 365,736. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. GARDNER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at I'Iinsdale, in the county of Du Page and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSash-Balances, of which the following is a specification.

The ordinary workmen employed to hang window-sashes are frequentlyunskilled and cannot be relied upon to do good work, unless the deviceswhich they are given to apply are of the simplest possible nature, andincapable of having their successful operation prevented by carelessnessor haste in putting them together.

My invention relates particularly to certain improved means forattaching a metallic ribbon to a balancing-weight, and the purpose ofsaid invention is to furnish such means as shall be eiiicient in servicecheap in manufacture, and at the same time shall call for the leastpossible skill and care in applying them, so that they may operate inthe best possible manner.

' In the drawings furnished herewith, Figure 1 is a side view of myimproved device in its preferred form, showing the lower portion of themetallic ribbon. Fig. 2 is a top view of said device, partially insection and with the ribbon removed; and Fig. 3 is a side view, alsopartially in section, showing the same portions as in Fig. 1.

Referring to the different parts by means of reference-letters, A is themetallic ribbon, which is suitably secured to a metallic clip 0,preferably by means of a central slot in said clip. This clip bears atits ends projecting ears 0, and a wire bail F, preferably ofspringmetal, is looped about these ears, so as to hang securely therefrom. Theweight is suspended in any suitable way from the bail F, and to bringthe strain of said weight squarely upon the flat ribbon and in the planeof its thinnest dimension the necks of the ears 0' are offset from theplane of the flat ribbon, so that all portions of the bail F from thepoint which carries the weight to the points which support it upon theears 0 lie in said plane.

In use, the abovedescribed device is a decided improvement over acombined clip and hail cast together in a single piece. In the firstplace the use of the Wire bail enables the fastening to be made morecheaply and of less weight without detracting from its strength. Theelasticity of the wire also reduces the strain upon the ribbon in caseof a sudden jar and thus often avoids a breaking down of the balance.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination of a metallic ribbon, a metal clip secured thereto havingoppositelyarranged lugs projecting from the exterior thereof, and a wirebail adapted for attachment to the Weight and to said lugs,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the metal ribbon A, the clip C, attached theretoby means of a central slot in said clip and having the ears 0' offsetfrom the plane of the ribbon, and the bail F, adapted for attachment tothe weight and to the ears 0, substantially as described. Y

GEORGE C. GARDNER. \Vitnesses:

JAMES P. GARDNER, R. H. GARDNER.

